All 7 episodes of Project Mercury, now in one long video!
Link to individual video playlist:
0:00 – Episode 1: Dawn of an Era
20:08 – Episode 2: The Four-Inch Flight
30:55 – Episode 3: Ape in Space
43:49 – Episode 4: American in Space
1:02:46 – Episode 5: NASA’s First Close Call
1:18:16 – Episode 6: Friendship in Orbit
1:35:41 – Episode 7: The Final Flights
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another absolute masterpiece! this type of long form content will take the place of my Saturday night move every single time – well done again – you really are the steely eye movie maker! Keep it up – you're a genius! and on the previous AI comment, AI could NEVER substitute the depth of scripting and passion that's on display in these works.
Aaaaaand instant subscribe
This production is better than any documentary I've ever seen on this topic! โคit, please keep it going ๐
Is it true they would throw them out of an airplane and make them solve math problems before they could pull their parachute? I thought i knew everything about the usa space program, great video
Not gonna lie, all these vids are really great! Fun to watch and binge!
Thanks for making my night with this video. What a treat!
thank you for another amazing video!!
Your production quality and upload rate are incredible! You should definitely do a similar series or a long video on Project Gemini
An apple and half an orange?
Friggn cheapskates! lol
These videos are great. Always learn something new.
More people should watch.
Grissom did it
Criminal that this gets 5k views in a day and other content creators filling a swimming pool with orbeez would get 5M
Thanks for compiling these all together. Made it easier for me to watch while working.
I love these space related videos.
I usually watch Astrum and Sea.
But you videos that goes mord into details on Nasa mission are just gold. I wish you will stick to space genre. Only critic, talk much slower sometimes. Youre voice is great!!
MERCURY=Get To Space
GEMINI=Move Around In Space
APOLLO= Daaa MOON
Are you going to be doing a series on the Gemini program?
Man! I appreciate all the work you put in these! Came along way from them Flat Earth debates! Thank you for this great series!
I always wonder who ate the other half of that orange, the chimp got after his wild ride.
This is a great channel.
Your marathon size videos are great. Learned a lot ๐
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We needed a program that could ensure safe recovery of the astronauts and their equipment. After observing the Soviets mistakes, it was decided our program would also ensure the safety of the astronauts and their equipment. Jk jk lol.
Man, did you even sleep?
You are a service to humanity. Thank you.
27:42 … Probably the most Florida suggestion possible. Haha.
Incredible work on this documentary! You should be extremely proud of your efforts. Hope to see many more to come. Cheers, from Australia.
There was a point early on where you say "resources from all over the country" whilst the picture shows an image with the word "Africa". It's too easily forgotten that the US Space Program was very much an international effort. There were two Australian tracking stations during Mercury, three during Gemini and two during Apollo, and presently, four antennas as part of the DSN. The Commonwealth Government even co-contributed funding with the United States. Australian science actually suffered after Apollo ended, and then a hugely popular socialist government with a particular dedication to universal free university (including Commonwealth scholarships in the sciences and education), scientific research and the advancement of technology was controversially (and arguably, illegally) sacked by the Governor General in 1975. Though, some extant scientific organisations were established during that government.
Even though I knew how it would end, your narration kept me tuned in to the story. Great work.
This shit rocks ๐ฅ
I remember the movie "The Right Stuff" imply very heavily that Gus paniced and hit the panel eject early. Havent heard about the bodily damage till now.
Live retro rockets meant that they were fueled and fireable. In a balistic flight you dont need retro rockets, the "brakes" to reduce the ships speed to below orbital velocity, the trajectory and/or velocity just has it fall back to earth. They can be used to alter the trajectory, again, not needed if the roll pattern was done right, but the big question was can we start these things in "zero G"? The narrator mentioned they'd be fired in space, therefore testing this essential step. They wanted Glen back after a certain amount of orbits, not….eventuality. ๐
Edit..i unpaused to see that there was indeed a problem with the roll pattern, and here, if still there a retro burn could have corrected it, so they ended up with an unexpected flight path with Sir Isaac Newton in the drivers seat. But, Ham still came back, because the trajectory did not allow the ship to orbit, even though the altitude was plenty. They didnt mebtion velocity. Get the ship to 17.5k mph and following the curve of the earth you get orbit, going straight up or at a sharp angle it just coasts to a stop and falls back.
The upload rate is crazy given the quality of your videos dude – don't forget to take some hard earned breaks if you need them! We'll all keep comin back :)